Packing-box for plungers.



No. 887,139. PATENTED MAY 12 1908:

G. T. STAPLES. PAGKING BOX FOR PLUNGERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18.1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N9 887,139. I PATENTED MAY 12, 1908. G. T. STAPLES.

PACKING BOX FOR PLUNGBRS.

APPLIOATION run!) n0v.1a.19o7.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 UNITED STAIIE Alllllhl l GEORGE T. STAPLES, OI" DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKING-BOX FOR PLUNGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 18, 1907. Serial No. 402,591.

Patented May 12, 1.908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. STAPLES, a citisen of the United States, and resident of Dedham, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing-Boxes. for Plungers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to packings or packing boxes for plungers or similar reciprocating members employed in fluid engines, and has for its object the provision of a longer packing structure which without te employment of-compressed packing substances or elastic packing rings shall be substantially and effectively fluid tight, shall afford resistant qualities against wear uniformly over the entirebearing surface and facilities for quick and accurate adjustment whenever in the course of time readjustment becon'ies necessary.

My improvements will I believe he found particularly well adapted to situations where large and heavy lungers are reciprocally operated in a horizontal position or at all events in positions which depart materially from vertical arrangement; such a situation is often found in plunger pumps of, large ca acity.

uinp pluugers are usually and. I believe almost universally cylindrical in form and Where a large and heavy plunger of this form Works reci rocaily in a cylindrical bearing, the wear tfiereof upon the packing surfaces which sup ort it is considerable and much difficulty as been encountered in keeping the packing boxes for such plungers permanently tight. A horizontal cylindrical plunger is supported by the lower hall of its packing or bearing, and exerts prcssurc thereon which varies from the horizontal diametrical plane to the part immediately below the center of the plunger, .consoqucntly the tendency to wear is not uniform throughout the supporting surface, this u-mlcncy is of course to Wear the surfaces into a more or less elliptical form and, as the true cylindricai form is departcd.from, the dilliculty of restoring the packing to its original el'lioient condition increases with the tcrm of use of "the ougii Adjustable a' -clindrical hearings with correspondingly cylindrical plimgers have been contrived but their adjustability does ,i not fully or ade uately compensate for the conse uences o wearing pressure unevenly distri uted over the bearing surface. Square lungers and square packing boxes have also been contrived and while these by reason of their flat surfaces afford an even distribution of wearing pressure, they present the alternative difficulty of keeping them tight, especially at the corners where the plane surfaces of the bearing meet.

My invention presently to be described consists of or is embodied in a plunger and bearing arrangement in which the advantages of plane bearing surfaces, adjustability and working effectiveness are combined.

In the drawings hereto annexed: Figure 1 represents in elevation and partly iii cross section a portion of a pump with my imprm'cments incorporated therein; Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a plunger )acking box containing my improvements; ,ig. 3 is an end elevation of a plunger packing box l containing my improvements in a modified form; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the packing box shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same.

A characteristic of my invention. is that I employ asquarespction plunger or similar reel rocating part in. a horizontal position or at all events in a position which departs from the vertical and place this plun er so that one of its diagonal planes 1s su istantially horizontal. If, as is )rel'erable, the plunger or analogous dovice be perfectly square in cross section. its two diagonal planes will be respectivcly horizontal and. vertical and its diameters and sides inclined at an angle of degrees to the horizontal, and the packing in rross section will have its diagonal p ones and sides siu'iilarly disposed.

cloning to Figs. 1 and 2, P is a plunger, squarc in cross section working horizontally in the pump cylinder markerLC. 'lhe packing box for thcsc plunger-s consists 0 two members A and A which in the instance shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are alike in shape and proportions having lateral meeting inner llungcs if l and outer flanges l and F, the latter adapted to be secured. as by bolts in the usual manner to the outside of the head of the The longitudinal meeting edges l l i cylinder (J.

box which is likewise quadrangular or sriuare of the inner bearing surfaces of the box 1 members A A lie in a substantially horizontal plane which coincides with the plane I, of the two side corners of the plunger P. 5The flanges F F are referably secured together by means of bolts although the proper securement of the flanges F F may in some instances enable the structure to dis ense with bolts in the lateral 1o flanges F, The lunger P has its weight supplorted entirely )y the lower member A ,of t e packing box and it will be observed that the bearing surface which supports the plunger is not only large but is also by reason of its plane surfaces subject to uniform pressure and therefore wear over its entire area. As a result of this disposition 'of the bearing surfaces, the lower member Awill resist wear and vremain tight for an unusually long time althoughthe surfaces in contact are merely metal to metal and are provided with no special packing such as strips or rings, When, as is inevitable in the" course of time, the inner surfaces of the member A have be come worn so that appreciable leakage betweenthe piston and its packing .box is manifest, the acking may be restored to its original con tion and efficiency merely by removing the lower member A and p aning or filing. off the upper surfaces of its flanges F and'F so as to allow for adjustinent when the packing box member is replaced. Thebolt holes in theiouter flange 'F of the lower member A are preferably made slightly. elliptical or elongated so that when the box member is replaced it merely has to be jacked up underthe lunger until proper contact of the latter wit the upper-bearing member is made, when the flange F may then be bolted 40' tightly in lace. If desired, when the packingboxis st installed,- the two fl'a'nges'F, F may be separated by a th n shim inserted at H so. that a much longer period of use may be endured before it is'necessary actually to re duce the substance of the flanges F'F for purposes of adjustment. 3

In the alternative form of packing boxes shown in Figs. .3 to 5 inclusivefare twomembers'of the quadrangular packing member which may be mutually adjusted without necessitating the use of-shiins' or the planing or filing of either member and even without removal ofone memberofthe-bearing from its operative position In this form, while the inner meeting edges of the quadrangular packing box adjoin at .H as. in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the inneryflanges of; the packing =box instead of coincidi with the plane of these meeting edges are turnedat .an' angle of ninety degrees thereto,;.the5- flanges E lying outside the flanges E whichfv may slide in the flanges E when desired, F

. leakage through the outside'joint.

section, composed of upper and lower merh- I ing the low'ermember.

. with lengi-tudinal edges at the fsaid 'inneredges on either side and means for 1-25 The meeting surfaces of the two members sense A in this form extend through the outer flanges F. If necessary or desirable the flanges E E may be provided with bolts to secure them together, the bolt holes e in the flanges E, like the bolt holes I), being elongated to allow for adjustment. If a acking ox of this character be employed, believe it to be preferable tie-employ the smaller of the two members, that is to say member A as the adjustable member as its size. relatively to the other member renders it easier to handle. If desired also grooves at 9 may be made in the meeting faces of the-outer flanges F and a lastic packing material inserted therein w en the'two packing members are in place in order to guard against It will be observed that the above described lunger packing box afiords a'maXimum of bearing surfaces relatively to the size andweightofthe plunger, bearing sur faces which sustain wear uniformly over all parts and which are readily mutually adjustable, the adjustmentre'storing the bear ing surfaces to their original. condition of eflicie'ncy. 3

-What I claim and desire to secure byL-etters Patent is: V

1. A packing box for .plungers, and the like, consisting of af case, quadrangularin bers, whereof the inner longitudinal edges mlget in the same substantially horizontal P 2. "A packing box for plu'ngers, and the like, consisting of a case, quadrangular in section, composed v of upper and lower members, whereof-the inner longitudinal edges meet in 'the sarne substantially'horizontal plane and means for mutually adjusting the said members. 7 3. A packing box for Lplungers, and the like, consisting of a case, quadrangular in" cross section, com osed of, upper .and lower members whereo the inner lon 'tudinal edgesineet in the same substantia y horizonta'l .plane, said members provided eachl'lO with an end flange a'd'a' ted to securement. with a cylinder head, an means included in the end flange thereof,'for' vertically adjust- 4. A2 packing boxfo'r pliingers, and' f'he ilfi like, consisting ofa case,- quadrangular in cross section, composed of .two'members,

whereof theinnerlongitudinal edges meet in ithesame 'lanje, the said members rov'ided para el side flanges, the sidefl aj'nges of one -idablewithin the 'side' flanges of the other, the meeting planes of siaidjsidefianges intersecting the meeting 'planeof the inner iries' of jencture -of mu'tuallyedjusting said members 5. The combination or a plunger, quadand means for mutually adjusting the said rangulan in cross section, a packing box members against the plunger. 10 wherein the plunger slides, consisting .of a Signed by me at Dedham, Massachusetts, case, also quadrangular in section, com osed this twenty eighth day of October, 1907.

5 of upper and lower members the inner ongi- GEORGE T, STAPLES.

tudinal edges of the said members meeting Witnesses: at o'fipoa'te longitudinal ed es of the lunger LUSHU G. BAKER, I in t e same substantially iorizonta plane, HENRY D. HUMPHREY. 

